Saturday, January 13, 2018

MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Blumhouse's "Halloween" sequel began shooting today (Jan. 13th, 2018). David Gordon Green is directing with original director John Carpenter co-producing and scoring the film. Jamie Lee Curtis, the original film's star, returns, as does original Michael Myers, Nick Castle.

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CELEBRITY - From BET: Paris Jackson, daughter of the late, great Michael Jackson, tried to help some bums and they stole from her.

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MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) are joining for "Expatriate," a 1970s set international thriller.

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MOVIES - From Deadline: Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature length film, which is set during the summer of 1969 around the time of the Charles Manson murders. DiCaprio appeared in Tarantino's 2012 film, "Django Unchained."

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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Gareth Edwards' ("Rogue One") film, Monster, is being adapted as a TV series. The film was originally released in the U.S. in 2010.

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COMICS-FILM - From Collider: "Deadpool 2" will now open May 18, 2018, instead of June 1st. Fox also moves "The New Mutants" from April 13, 2018 to February 22, 2019.

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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: ABC is developing a reboot of its 1980s series, "The Greatest American Hero," and a live-action version of "The Jetsons."

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CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: Legendary French actress, Catherine Deneuve, and other prominent French women denounce the #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc (the French #MeToo) movements.

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COMICS - From TheWrap: Marvel Studios is moving forward with a "Black Widow" stand alone movie. Jac Schaeffer, who made her debut with the film "TiMER," will write the film.

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MOVIE - From ShadowandAct: There is a biopic of African-American actress Hattie McDaniel in the works. McDaniel was the first African-American to receive an Oscar nomination for acting and the first to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, "Gone with the Wind").

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MOVIE AWARDS - From HuffPost: While introducing Meryl Streep at the "National Board of Review Annual" awards, Robert DeNiro called President Donald Trump a "fucking idiot" and a "fucking fool."

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CELEBRITY - From ComicBook: The photography of the late actor Anton Yelchin will be at the De Buck Gallery in New York City through January 20th, 2018.

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Mark Wahlberg paid way more money than Michelle Williams for the "All the Money in the World" reshoots.

From YahooNews: The Mark Wahlberg-Michelle pay gap on the reshoots for Ridley Scott's "All the Money in the World," is sparking growing outrage.

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ANIMATION/SCANDAL - From Variety: TBS has ended its involvement in the animated comedy, "The Cops," co-created by and set to star Louis CK, the comedian accused of having a history of misconduct.

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OPRAH - From CNN: The transcript to Oprah Winfrey's rousing and acclaimed Golden Globes speech after receiving the "Cecil B. DeMille Award" for lifetime achievement - the first black woman to receive the award.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/5 to 1/7/2018 weekend box office is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," with an estimated take of $36 million. This is its first time winning the weekend box office, although this is also its third weekend in release.

From Variety: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" stumbles in its Chinese box office debut, but still moves up to $1.2 billion in worldwide box office.

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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Ridley Scott, who directed the original "Blade Runner," is already planning a sequel to the recent "Blade Runner 2048," which he did not direct.

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MOVIE AWARDS - From GoldenGlobes: The nominees for the 2018/ 75th Golden Globe Awards, which are tonight.

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STREAMING - From Deadline: David Letterman's six-episode Netflix show will be entitled "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman." It starts streaming Jan. 12th, 2018, and President Barack Obama will be Letterman's first guest.

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POLITICS: From ThinkProgress: Companies that announced big bonuses after GOP tax cut are now laying off their workers

TRAILER:

From YahooEntertainment: See the teaser trailer for Marvel's "Black Panther" shown during Mon., Jan. 8th's college football National Championship Game.

OBITS:

From ESPN: Legendary sports broadcaster Keith Jackson has died at the age of 89, Friday, January 12, 2018. He was a play-by-play announcer for a number of sports, but is best known for his work on college football games. He was known for his folksy manner, down-to-earth manner and for his colorful expressions like "Who, Nellie!" and "Big Uglies." He is also credited for dubbing college football's "Rose Bowl" game as "The Granddaddy of Them All."

From TheWrap: The Canadian actor, Donnelly Rhodes, has died at the age of 80, Monday, January 8, 2018. He is best known for his work on the late ABC series, "Soap" (1977-1981), the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot (2004 to 2009), and the Canadian police drama, "Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998 to 2005).

From THR: The actress Greta Thyssen has died at the age of 90, Saturday, January 6, 2018. Born in Denmark, Thyssen was a "blonde bombshell" of the 1950s and 1960s. She doubled for Marilyn Monroe in the film "Bus Stop" and appeared in 3 "Three Stooges" films, including the final Stooges short film, "Sappy Bull Fighters" (1959).